Structural abnormalities and deficient maintenance of peripheral nerve myelin in mice lacking the gap junction protein connexin 32

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4545-4551

  Anzini, Patrizia ^a   Neuberg, Dirk H H ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^a,b   Nelles, Eric ^c   Willecke, Klaus ^c   Zielasek, Jürgen ^d   Toyka, Klaus V ^d   Suter, Ueli ^a   Martini, Rudolf ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Connexin 32; Demyelination; Myelin; Schwann cell; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MALE; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCHWANN CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030979840     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04545.1997     Document Type: Article

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